Wardrobe-trunk.



H. SEWARD. WARDROBET'RUNK.

APPLlcATIoN nl gn nec. 29. 1914.

Patented Apr.. 13, 1915.

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H. SEWARD.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.29,1914.

Patented. Apr, 13, 1915.

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l 1"@ VIEW' SEWARD,4 UlFVlPlETlERSBURG, Vimllilltllid.,l SSIIUNUR T0SEWRID TRUNK dltl'lD BAG COMPANY, 01E' PETERSBURG, Vmrllm, A CIURPUETON0F VIRGINIIIA.

p 'vrannnonnernmm tpecttcatlm ot Lettera Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

.tupplicamon med December mit. aerial No. 879,500.

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.'llrunks, of which the following is a specifb.

cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certaind new and useful improvements in.wardrobe trunks and more particularly to .a gate hanger especiallyadapted to be used in connection with this ,class et trunk forsupporting the garment hangers in the hanging compartment thereof; theobject being to provide a novel form vof gate hanger having bracketscarried thereby forming a two-point suspension for the garment hangersso as toprevent this same from swinging when the garments are arrangedthereon when the trunk is being shipped. l

nother object of the invention is to provide a gate hanger which is somounted that the same can be swung outwardly from its compartment inorder to allow the garments supported thereby, to be accessible so thatthey can be readily placed in position or removed therefrom; means beingprovided for locking the gate hanger in closed position so as to holdthe garments within thehanging compartment. p

Another object of the invention is to provide a gate hanger which isexceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one which is preferablyformed of' a single piece et' metal having spaced brackets projectinglaterally therefrom upon which the garment hangers are spaced andsupported in such a manner that they are firmly held in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a trunk with a bodyportion having a cover portion' substantially the same size forming ahanging compartment in which the gate hanger is mounted. i

Other and further-objects and adgantages ot the invention will behereinatterset forth andthe novel features thereof dened by the appendedclaims.

lin the drawings-Figure 1, is a front elevation of a portion of myimproved construction of wardrobe trunk showing the.

gate hanger in closed p'os`ition with the A hanging compartment; Fig. 2,is a horizon# tal section through the trunk showing the gate hanger indotted lines, ,swung outwardly; lFi'g. 3, is a vertical section throughthe gate hanger showing one ofthe bracket arms; lFig. 4, is aperspective of the hanger and its supporting means; lFig. 5, is a detailhorizontal section through the catch showing the latch for the hanger inplan view; andFig. 6, is a detail perspective of the lttcll'. 4

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several igures ofthe drawings.

lin the drawings, 1 indicates the bodyportion of my improvedconstruction of wardrobe trunk, 2 the cover therefor which is connectedthereto by hinges 3 in the ordinary manner; said cover having a hangingcompartment 4 at one end and in the form of trunk herein shown, one endof the body portion and the cover portion is provided with swelledportions so as to prevent the trunk from being placed upon this end;

these swelled portions forming the top of.

the wardrobe formed thereby.

Secured to the inner wall of the cover portion within the hangingcompatrment, is a plate 5 which is secured therein by rivets 6; saidplate having a vertically disposed eye 7 Fin which is mounted a pintle 8over the ends of which are arranged the eyes 9 of a gate hanger 1()lherein shown formed of a single piece of metal forming parallel barsconnected together at one end by a vertical bar 11.y By this manner offorming the gate hanger, the same is mounted upon the pintle 8 in such amanner that the same is free to swing outwardly for the purposehereinafter vfully described.

lin order to rovide means for locking the hanger 10 in c osed positionwithin the compertinent, ll provide the wall of the compartment with acatch 12 formed of a single piece of metal having parallel slits at oneend, the intermediate tongue formed thereby being bent to form a catchproper 13 which is adapted to be engaged by a plvoted latch 14 mountedin a housing 15 secured to the vertical bar` 11 of the gate hanger, asclearly shown; a suitable Hat spring 16 being arranged within thehousing under the pivoted latch having one end connected thereto so asto'hold the same in position to engage the,`

Y same -is moved into engagement with the wardly.

catch.

The -form of latch herein shown, comprises a single piece of metal bentto form a catch proper at one end having laterally projecting lugsforming pivots; the opposite end of the same being extended from thehousing 15 to -form a handle by the depression of which, the'latch isthrown out of the path of the catch 13 so as to release the -gate hangerso that the same can be swung Aout- Connected to the swinging gate arespaced brackets 17 and 18 preferably formed of a single piece of wirebent to the shape shown and secured to the gate by `rivets or any othersuitable fastening means said brackets having upwardly projecting ends17 and 18 -so as to prevent the garment hangers 19 from Sliding o" oftheends thereof and it will be seenthat in connection with these brackets Iemploy a peculiar shape of garment han er. so as to provide a two-pointsus-4 pension t 'erefor 'so as to prevent the hangers from rockingupgontheir supports when the trunk .is being shipped. These brackets j 17and`1'8 project laterally into the clothes compartment in such a mannerthat the garment hangers carried thereby are moved into K thecompartment when the ate is swung Ainto. closed ,position and out 0% thecompartment when the gate'is 'swung outwardly and by Swingin the gateoutwardly at right ang es to` itsc osed position, the garment hangers 19can be aced in position upon the brackets 17 andp 1 8 or removedtherefrom.

The arment hangers 19 as herein shown, areA pre erably formed of woodhaving coatreceivin portions adjacent their lower ends and hoo s at,their upper lends which straddle the brackets 17 and 18 in such a mannerthat the same are free to slide upon the brackets but are -preventedfrom swinging out of a horizontal plane.

I claim: v1..In a' wardrobe trunk, the combination with-a b'ody'portionand a coverportion .pv-

" otally connected together, said cover portion having a hanhangerpivota y mounted within the lcover portion, brackets extendinglaterally from g compartment, of a gate'- said gate hanger, and garmenthangers having a twofpoint suspension mounted upon said brackets.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with ahanging compartment, of aplate secured within said compartment to one side thereof, said platehaving a vertically disposed eye, a gate hanger 'ormed of a single pieceof metal vhaving parallel bars terminating in eyes adapted to registerwith the eye (if said plate, a intle extending through said'eyes, meansFor fastening said gate hanger in closed position within said com-,jf

partment, and laterally projecting spaced brackets carried by said'hanger having up wardly projecting end portions.

3. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a body portion and a cover portionpivotally con-` nected together, a gate hanger pi'votally mounted withinthe cover portion and capable of swinging outwardly andaway from thebodyv portion, said gate hanger having spaced laterally projectingbrackets connected thereto.

4. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a body portion andra cover portionpivotally connected together, a gate hanger pivotally y-mountedwithinthe cover portion on the hanging compartment, a swinging .framepivotally connected vtothe free sideof said cover portion within saidhanging compartment, and bracketsformed of single pieces of wireconnected to the parallel bars of said frame having laterally projectingportions terminating f in .upwardly projecting portionsn formi vtwopointsuspension means for garment angers. y v

1n testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. l HARVEY SEWARD.

.Witnesses:

E; w. Bmom,Jr., J. Hoses.

